The Appalachian Trail Day Hikers' Guide: Downhill to Fine Wine and Accommodations: Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee by Carol and Jim Steiner

The Appalachian Trail Day Hikers' Guide: Downhill to Fine Wine and Accommodations: Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee by Carol and Jim SteinerBook review by Steven Skelley and Thomas RoutzongCarol and Jim Steiner are hikers, writers and photographers. They have hiked over 800 miles of the Appalachian Trail. A mutual friend brought them to our annual open house get-together and we loved their stories about their hiking adventures. When they told us they were writing a guidebook about their experiences, we knew we wanted to review it.The Appalachian Trail Day Hikers' Guide: Downhill to Fine Wine and Accommodations: Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee by Carol and Jim Steiner features Trail Maps and Elevation Profiles, Detailed Directions to Trailheads with GPS- Coordinates, Level of Effort ratings, Hike Times, Distances, and Downhill Miles, Descriptions of what you will find along the Trail, Lodging, Restaurants, Outfitters, Shuttle-Service Providers, Groceries, ATMs, Urgent Care and Emergency Services and Fun Places to Visit in nearby towns.We asked Carol why she and Jim wrote this guide book.“We wrote this guide book because we want to share with our readers what we have learned over the last ten years about day hiking the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) the logistics of planning and preparing for a day hiking trip and our knowledge of what the A.T. is like. We also want to share with readers our surprises, fun experiences, and challenges. Hiking the A.T., one day at a time, gives you the opportunity to feel and see the beauties of the nature, meet other hikers, and explore the treasures in the small towns along the Trail. We want to inspire our readers to day hike the Appalachian Trail.”“There was no other guide book that tells you how to day hike the Trail; for example, how to get to the trailhead to start a hike and how to position your car so that you can get back to town at the end of the day; where to find lodging; what restaurants will be open at night when you finish hiking. Restaurants in small towns often close at 7 P.M. and you may just be getting off the trail at that time. We put all these topics in our guide book because these are things we need to know when day hiking.” “This first guidebook includes 250 miles of contiguous hikes along the A.T. in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Davenport Gap, Tennessee. Our next guide book will include hikes from Davenport Gap, Tennessee to the Tennessee/Virginia border and is another 200 miles.”We then asked her why the Appalachian Trail is important.“The Appalachian Trail is the National Scenic Appalachian Trail and one of the oldest long-distance trails in the country. In the 1920’s, it was the vision of Benton MacKaye that the Appalachian Trail would give factory workers a respite from the every-day grind of work in the industrial cities along the east coast. Over the next fifteen years Arthur Perkins and then Myron Avery organized volunteers along the planned route to blaze the trail through the forests and over the mountains. The A.T. was completed in 1937.”“The Appalachian Trail is one of the most successful partnerships between federal, state, and local governments and volunteers to create and maintain a national scenic trail. For over eighty years the trail has given people a place to explore and feel the beauty of nature in its finest array. It is a treasure that we, the people, value and want to keep. Day hiking the A.T. gives people of all ages the opportunity to touch and feel the solitude of nature.”The Appalachian Trail Day Hikers' Guide: Downhill to Fine Wine and Accommodations: Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee by Carol and Jim Steiner includes stories from Carol’s hiking journals, amazing pictures from their own hikes and amusing accounts of their occasional mishaps on the trail.This informative and entertaining book gives detailed information “about each day hike from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Davenport Gap, Tennessee and spotlight hidden gems along the trail and in the communities that surround it.”Learn about “the amazing views of the Smoky Mountains, the friendly hosts and comfy beds at Your Home in the Woods B&B, the mouthwatering ribs at Jim’s Smokin’ Q and the petroglyphs at the Track Rock Archeological Area.”We thoroughly enjoyed The Appalachian Trail Day Hikers' Guide: Downhill to Fine Wine and Accommodations: Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee by Carol and Jim Steiner. If we decide to enjoy an Appalachian Trail adventure on our next trip to the Smoky Mountains, this book will definitely be right there guiding the way.Order your copy at https://www.amazon.com/Appalachian-Trail-Hikers-Guide-Accommodations/dp/0999664107/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1536766830&sr=8-2&keywords=the+appalachian+trail+day+hikers+guide

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